Seoul after dark, in four-four time: the jazz clubs where Korean jazz began.

Where the concierge points people first

• All That Jazz — Korea's oldest working jazz club, open since 1976. It began in Itaewon as a room for a mostly foreign crowd and became the stage where many of the country's first jazz musicians started out. In 2023 it moved into a bigger, neon-lit space upstairs at 216 Itaewon-ro. (37.5348, 126.9982)
• JANUS JAZZ CLUB — Janus, opened in 1978 by the singer Park Sung-yeon as the first jazz club run by a Korean. After Sinchon, Daehak-ro, Ewha, Cheongdam, Seocho and Apgujeong it reopened in September 2025 in Jeong-dong, by the Deoksugung stone-wall road, run by the vocalist Malo, with live music every night. (37.5691, 126.9755)
• Jazz Story — The theatre district's music bar in Daehak-ro, Hyehwa: a scrap-metal front, candles and walls of records inside, and a house band every night that plays as much soul and pop as jazz. (37.5803, 127.0038)
• Boogie Woogie — A small blues and jazz bar on Hoenamu-ro by Gyeongnidan-gil, a short walk from Itaewon, with local bands on most nights of the week. (37.5392, 126.9890)

The rest of the jazz bars in Seoul — every one we hold

• Blues House (37.5526, 126.9070)
• Flatnine (37.5004, 127.0249)
• JAZPerformance (37.5445, 127.0725)
• Jazz in Black (37.5094, 127.0232)
• Jazz It Up 청담 (37.5240, 127.0514)
• LOCAL Seoul (37.4995, 127.0262)
• orient express wine (37.5491, 126.9383)
• The Jazz Bar (37.5393, 126.9439)
• Tokyo Jazz Club (37.5112, 127.0570)
• 건대 JAZ (37.5444, 127.0725)
• 게리슨 (37.5544, 126.9295)
• 녹턴사카바 (37.5528, 126.9063)
• 라끌레 (37.5835, 126.9814)
• 뮤직스튜디오이공 (37.5551, 126.9137)
• 미치코 서울 (37.5088, 127.0235)
• 바우슈텔러 (37.5335, 126.9928)
• 벨지움 재즈카페 (37.5088, 127.0576)
• 블루버드 (37.5581, 126.9352)
• 스위티스윙 - Sweety Swing (37.5041, 127.0444)
• 얀씨클럽 Yancey Club (37.5150, 127.0160)
• 연남5701 (37.5586, 126.9188)
• 재즈마린 (37.5838, 127.0007)
• 한국 블루스 소사이어티 (37.5444, 126.9688)